ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
maaroo mehlaa 1.
Maaroo, First Mehl:
ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕਰਨੈਹਾਰ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥
kudrat karnaihaar apaaraa.
The Creator Lord is infinite; His creative power is wondrous.
ਕੀਤੇ ਕਾ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਿਹੁ ਚਾਰਾ ॥
keetay kaa naahee kihu chaaraa.
Created beings have no power over Him.
ਜੀਅ ਉਪਾਇ ਰਿਜਕੁ ਦੇ ਆਪੇ ਸਿਰਿ ਸਿਰਿ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਚਲਾਇਆ ॥੧॥
jee-a upaa-ay rijak day aapay sir sir hukam chalaa-i-aa. ||1||
He formed the living beings, and He Himself sustains them; the Hukam of His Command controls each and every one. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Maker of all has no end, and its power to create is full of wonder.
Nothing that is made can hold power over its Maker.
The One shaped every living being and keeps them all going; the flow of its Hukam guides each and every one.
The power that made everything is full of wonder, and it still guides each one gently.
Kudrat is the wondrous creative power, and apaaraa means without end. Hukam, as always, is the flow of existence, the way things work. Creation is offered here as wonder: the One shapes all beings and sustains them.
A Question to Sit With
What part of the created world fills you with the most wonder?
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